Matthew 28:16

οἱ δὲ ἕνδεκα μ., the eleven, not merely to discount Judas, but to indicate that what follows concerns the well-known Twelve (minus one), the future Apostles of the faith. εἰς τὸ ὄρος, to the mountain, a more specific indication of the locality than any previously reported. Conjectures have been made as to the mountain meant, e.g., that on which the hill teaching was communicated. An interesting suggestion but unverifiable. οὗ, an adverb = ubi, used pregnantly so as to include quo : whither Jesus had bid them go, and where He wished them to remain. ἐτάξατο : if this points to an instruction given expressly by Jesus, it is strange that the evangelist has not recorded it. It rather seems to presuppose an understanding based on experiences of the Galilean ministry as to the rendezvous The meeting place would be some familiar haunt, recalling many past associations and incidents, only imperfectly recorded in the Gospels. If there was such a retreat among the mountains often resorted to, it would doubtless be the scene of the hill teaching, as well as of other unrecorded disciple experiences. The disciples would need no express direction to go there. Instinct would guide them.